Page 198 of Kneel Before Me

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

Daphne

You shouldn’t have done that.”

Daphne was still recovering from the fact that Kronos had forfeited the second challenge.

“It was my choice,” said Kronos calmly.

“A choice you only made because of me,” insisted Daphne. “You didn’t win.”

He looked down at her. “But I did.”

Daphne didn’t have the wherewithal to process his statement. She wasn’t able to process anything right now. Just watching the second challenge had exhausted her. “I’m sorry,” she whispered.

Kronos shook his head. “There is no need to be sorry. It was my choice to make.” He said it in a way that felt final.

Daphne’s emotions were all over the place. On the one hand, she was grateful that Kronos hadn’t participated. She understood that the challenge would have been impossible for her—that he did not expect her to fuck another basilisk when she wasn’t even willing to fuck him. On the other hand, she was quite sure he’d just destroyed their chances of winning the Ranking. When they’d left the vial room, the blood in his vial was the lowest.

Before Daphne could bring it up again, they reached the courtyard.

“The gatherings will become more intense as the Ranking goes on,” Kronos said as they entered. “You may encounter things tonight that are…unusual.”

Daphne nodded. She couldn’t imagine anything more unusual than the game of musical chairs she’d just watched.

“Some of the things you see may be concerning. I know our customs are unfamiliar to you, but to us, they are normal.”

“I can handle it, Kronos. Just don’t leave me alone again.”

“Never.”

This time, Daphne believed him.

They circled the courtyard slowly, taking in the revelry. To their right, a man was on his hands and knees. A shimmering leash was around his neck, made of the same material as the lingerie Kronos had made her. The woman holding the leash was walking him like a dog.

“Do not pity him,” Kronos said in her ear. “He is exactly where he wishes to be.”

Somehow Daphne had no doubt of that.

It wasn’t until they were halfway around the courtyard again when Daphne saw something she could not understand. At first she had no idea what she was even looking at. She stopped in her tracks, tilting her head.

“What…?” Daphne began. But there were no words.

In front of her was something that looked like a creature from another dimension—undulating flesh, multiple sets of legs. It took a protracted moment of standing there and staring at it for Daphne to fully understand what she was looking at. A group of women basilisks had arranged themselves into what could only be described as something resembling a tower. The woman at the bottom was on her hands and knees, her center fully exposed. Another woman was in the same position on top of her, her legs at a slightly wider angle. Daphne watched as a third woman joined them, slotting herself on top of the second woman so that her chest was pressed flat against her back, her center perched directly above the two below her. They fit together the same way a stack of cups would.

Behind them, a man trailed his fingers over their centers, touching one before switching to another. The women were clearly having the time of their lives, giggling and swaying, nearly toppling the entire tower over whenever he touched one of them. Eventually the man slid his cock into the middle woman’s center before pulling out and sliding into the woman directly above her. Daphne watched with her mouth open, not bothering to hide her amazement.

Beside her, Kronos’s hand tightened on her waist, gently steering her onward.

No sooner had they turned away than Daphne saw something else she had never seen before. A woman was lying on the ground, her mouth open. Daphne watched as the man positioned himself in a squat over the woman’s mouth. His cock was not hard; he wasn’t even stroking it. Kronos followed her gaze. The moment he saw what she was looking at, he grabbed her shoulders and turned her away. But he was not quick enough. Daphne saw a golden stream begin to descend from the head of the man’s cock just as Kronos blocked it from view.

She looked up at him in shock. “Was he about to—”

“Yes.”

“In her mouth?”

“Yes.”